Author Archives: Alea Perez

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Reviews
“The Black Mage”

By | Dec 19, 2019 | Reviews

Previously prevented from attending the exclusive, whites only St. Ivory Academy, the first black student has finally been granted admittance. Tom Token, a young black man, begins his academic career at St. Ivory thanks to the Magical Minority Initiative but finds that although the rules have changed to permit him to be there, the attitudes […]

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“La Voz de M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo”

By | Nov 26, 2019 | Reviews

In the late 1960s, WWII veteran Ramon Jaurigue and others from the Mexican American Yaqui Organization (M.A.Y.O.), a group Ramon co-founded, took on the Tucson City Council in a bid to keep Yaqui land from being converted into a freeway as part of the Community Renewal Program. But the efforts to keep the city at […]

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Interviews
Henry Barajas Chronicles Latinx & Indigenous Activism in “La Voz de M.A.Y.O”

By and | Nov 18, 2019 | Interviews

Resistance to oppression and erasure for marginalized peoples can be powerfully fueled by “graphic reclamations,” as the Foreword by Frederick Luis Aldama calls works like Henry Barajas’ vital “La Voz de M.A.Y.O.” from Image Comics. The new “La Voz De M.A.Y.O: TATA RAMBO,” written by Henry Barajas, renders a history of the Mexican, American, Yaqui, […]

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“Bloodlust & Bonnets”

By | Oct 28, 2019 | Reviews

Miss Lucy wants nothing more than to be special, even if that means allowing Lady Violet Travesty to turn Lucy into a vampire so she can join a super selective vampire cult. But Lucy’s plans are thwarted when Lord Byron – yes, the Lord Byron of Don Juan fame – comes along to rescue her. […]

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“The Crossover”

By | Sep 30, 2019 | Reviews

Twelve-year-old twin Josh Bell, son of the famous basketball player Chuck Bell, thinks of little more than playing basketball, whether it is practicing with his dad or playing with his twin brother Jordan on their school team. But when Jordan starts to discover life outside of basketball (including his interest in girls), Josh finds himself […]

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“The Okay Witch”

By | Sep 3, 2019 | Reviews

Multiracial 13-year-old Moth Rush has never felt like she belonged in her small Massachusetts hometown of Founder’s Bluff. Often the target of bullying and harassment by her classmates, Moth spends much of her time wishing she were cooler and more exciting. As luck would have it, Moth discovers on Halloween that she descends from a […]

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“This Place: 150 Years Retold”

By | Aug 27, 2019 | Reviews

North American history is often framed in such a way that it portrays white European colonizers as heroic bringers of civilization to vast empty lands ripe for the taking. In “This Place: 150 Years Retold,” twenty contributors – twelve writers, six illustrators, and two colorists – join forces to correct this false narrative and reframe […]

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“Hotel Dare”

By | Jul 30, 2019 | Reviews

Siblings Olivia, Darwin, and Charlotte Dare are sent to Mexico so Charlotte, the newest member of the family, can meet their abuela Lupe. When they arrive in Mexico at Lupe’s dilapidated and patchwork hotel, they find themselves with more questions about their family’s history than when they arrived. Written by Terry Blas Illustrated and colored […]

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“Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me”

By | Jun 24, 2019 | Reviews

Seventeen-year-old Frederica “Freddy” Riley is desperately trying to maintain a relationship with the impossibly cool titular character in “Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me,” a queer coming of age story. Freddy and Laura have a turbulent relationship that continuously pushes them together and pulls them apart. Desperate to learn how to move on from […]

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“The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel”

By | May 14, 2019 | Reviews

“The Handmaid’s Tale”, by author Margaret Atwood, has seen adaptations of all types – from a movie to an opera, ballet to theater, radio, and television – since its original 1985 publication. It only seems natural, then, that it has now found its way to the graphic novel format. Written by Margaret Atwood Adapted, illustrated, […]

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“Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos”

By | Apr 15, 2019 | Reviews

Lucy Knisley continues her tradition of life stages and transition-centered storytelling in her sixth graphic memoir, “Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos.” In it, Knisley explores how the pop culture landscape that existed during her childhood in the late 1980s and early 1990s – a culture that seemed fascinated with pregnancy and babies – […]

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“Kiss Number 8”

By | Mar 27, 2019 | Reviews

The year is 2004 and seventeen-year-old Amanda Orham loves bad television, minor league baseball, and hanging out with her best friend, who also happens to be her father. However, a series of small events leads to Amanda overhearing her dad’s side of a suspicious sounding phone call, and Amanda’s life slowly begins to unravel as […]

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